King Friedrich Wilhelm I Monument (Königsberg)
The King Friedrich Wilhelm I monument in Königsberg stood in a niche in the Cyclops Wall on Kaiser Wilhelm Square on the south front of the palace . The statue was created by Johann Heinrich Meißner in 1730. It shows King Friedrich Wilhelm I in a cuirass with a cloak standing on a (world) globe. The dedication inscription in Latin could be read in the arched field above the monument.
Although the monument had already arrived in the Packhof in the year it was created in 1730 , it took until 1907 to find a worthy place. As part of the construction of the palace terraces on the southern front, a niche was also set up for this monument “on Kantberg”. Shortly before the First World War, the statue lost its right arm, which was replaced by a tinny one. After the occupation of Königsberg, the statue was abducted by Soviet soldiers in 1945/46. Since then it has been considered lost.
literature
- Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
- Richard Armstedt: history of the royal. Capital and residence city of Königsberg in Prussia . Reprint of the original edition, Stuttgart 1899.
- Fritz Gause : The history of the city of Königsberg in Prussia . 3 volumes, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-412-08896-X
- Jürgen Manthey: Königsberg - history of a world citizenship republic . Hanser 2005, ISBN 3-446-20619-1
- Gunnar Strunz: Discover Königsberg. Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89794-071-X
- Baldur Köster: Königsberg: Architecture from German times. Husum Druck, 2000, ISBN 3-88042-923-5 .
- Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt: Königsberg sculptures and their masters 1255-1945, Würzburg 1970, p. 118f
Coordinates: 54 ° 42 ′ 35.2 " N , 20 ° 30 ′ 36.7" E